Crucifixion
maker
Unknown
Dateabout 1480 - 1490
Place MadeGermany, Europe
MediumPot metal glass, white with silver stain, and abraded red flash
Dimensions30.5 x 22.2 cm (12 x 8 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsArchitectural Elements
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC6e3
eMuseum ID728755
EmbARK ObjectID11312
TMS Source ID544
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 47 (grouped with other painted glass).
Madeline Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99.
Madeline Caviness et al. Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I). Studies in the History of Art, vol. 15 (Washington, D.C., 1985), p. 42, ill.
Madeline Caviness (ed.). Medieval and Renaissance Stained Glass from New England Collections. Exh. cat. (Cambridge: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1978), p. 99.
Madeline Caviness et al. Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I). Studies in the History of Art, vol. 15 (Washington, D.C., 1985), p. 42, ill.
ProvenanceNotesProbably purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer Julius Böhler, Munich for about 360 marks on 11 August 1897. Alternatively, it may have been purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the dealer A. Pickert, Nuremberg for 150 marks on 9 August 1897.
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